Thursday, Octol
Four.
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CA0CAS1AH PQBLISHIHG COMPANY
roll to be supported by the honett
totlent of the SUte.
"Facing this dilemma, they man
ufactured & scheme to increase the
taxes of the people. In order'to raise
seTeral million dollars more of reve
nue" thev worked out a scheme to
to Join them In their "protest against
the position taken by the Corporation
Commission These resolutions were
signed by A. E. Tate, of High Point,
and B. F. Huntley, of Wlnston-Salea,
both Democrats.
In this connection, it is interesting
SUBSC'KIPTIOS" BATPS:
bare the property of the State re-! and important to note that the Demo-j Norfolk to
7c per gallon; from Nor Orleans,
La., to Richmond. Vil. ria Ortea
boro. N. C. a distance of lit mile
farther; Is only 4c per gallon.
Fertilizer shipped from Norfolk,
Vs., to North Carolina, Is 40 per cent
higher than
case of the Standard Oil and Assert thai ta Mr. Wnv
-n Tnki comnaniea was ceicatea statement f.i v. '
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by a Democratic House. The Senate remedy for tb -tic , ' l
amendments to one of the Democratic . was to hare a d?r , 1
House tfop-gnn tariff bills, wnica pro- aeciara ttst it
posed to reduce the duty on sugar cheap; la sbort. tLs u ....
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ami inriiod its Talua.tionicra.tic oartT and Its State platform of same distanc. thus costlnc ihe farm- i amendment
a car-load shipped from two cents a pound, the Senate amend day boujtht 1 taa v
polnU in Virginia, the 1 meat providing a wise and intelligent This is exactly t 4:4?. 1
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1100 I to a Doint from one-third to one-half.; 1906 made the following pledge to ers In the State over $2,000,000 an- effectiTe by repealing toe uutca six- canaiuaie ror Pr;,-. hx. ,t
! and in some cases, to double its fcrm- the people:
er valuation, so that thereby they
could raiee from one-half to double,
j the amount of taxes to the people to
i be Daid by the same people and on
SOME FACTS ABOUT DEMOClA j the same property.
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COMPETENCE.
When Aycock was elected Gover
nor, succeeding a Republican Gover-j
nor. he found over $200,000.00 In
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the SUte treasury, me expense ui .
the State government under the Re-i
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publican administration naa ueeu
only $1,200,000. The expenses of
the Democratic administration of
Governor Aycock increased from
$1,200,000.00 to $1,800,000.00. Un
der the succeeding Democratic ad-
ministralion of Governor Glenn the
expenses Increased from $1,800,000
to $3,0000,000. Under the succeeding
Democratic administration of Gover
nor Kitchin the expenses last year
have run up to the enormous sum
of $3,900,000, and it la estimated
that if the Democratic program of
extravagance which has already been
mapped out Is permitted by the peo
ple to be carried Into execution that
the expenses will run to over $5,000,
000 next year.
"This deceitful and infamous
scheme has been carried out, and
each citizen of the State will realize
its extent when he digs into his pock-
et-book deeper than ever in order to
get his next tax receipt."
This also explains why every trust
and monopoly in the country is sup-
i porting Simmons for the Senate In
order to renew the mortgage which
he placed upon thr State In 1898.
They have used Kitchin as long as he
is of any use. ' They think Simmons
more dependable, and possibly morej
servile to their every order and dic
tate. In this connection, it should also
be remembered as one of the import
ant terms of the mortgage which
Simmons placed upon the State
twelve years ago that the railroads
were to have permission to mulch
North Carolina to the extent of from
$12,000,t)00 to $20,000,000 a year.
"The discrimination of the
railroads against North Carolina
cities and towns and in favor of
other points having no greater
natural advantages is a grave in
justice to the people of this
State, and should be corrected
by such means as are available
within the limitations set by
the Constitution of the United
States."
Here Is a declaration of the Demo-
nually In excessive freight rates taorcten standard test which was origi- b made la hU Zr ta,
than the Virginia farmer pays on thesnated and enacted at the request of grr a.ter be wa 4!c.r
same quantity. land in the interest of the Sugar declared for warrr
A car-load of plow points from ; Trust, was defeated by the Democrat- dearer dollar. v ltt
Louisville. Ky., via StatesviUe. N. C.,' ic House after having been adopted in happened when Co a err.,
to Lynchburg. Va., Is 11c per 100; J the Senate by the combined vote of his demand. Cotton .
this car stopped at StatesviUe. N. C.J the regular Republicans and the pro- cents a pound sad lUz ,
is 34c per 100. The same car stop-j gresslve Republicans. J would buy twenty. -Ie ;. .f
ped at Hickory, 35 miles west off It would take too much space to lon- To-day one delUr
StatesviUe. is 12c. higher than at) record their false record of omission nlDe pounds of cottoa
StatesviUe. , 'and commission of this kind. How- if w vo for WUros i
j A shoe manufacturer in Winston, ever, there Is one flagrant piece of carries out the "protri .
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crauc pari m cuuveuuuu ossein uieu . . , t - . ha DromlJ to Mf . . .
i that recognizes facts as to freight- ij li. ' . Ami will rnw the tor r. .n.
j discrimination which existed then of hig exorbUant frelght rate8. Ue Is the effort of the Democratic party mnt to make one dollar l- tK
and exists to-day even in a more ag-jgtateg that during the Ume he na8to Duy the national election in order Ave pounds of cotton aKja Ir. tl'.'.
gravatea iorm. inai party securea
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been in operation he has paid in the, to furnish office for the horde of -Mr- uson nas boldly fc :t..,4
control or tne aiaie inai year on mis; , v rI m.i-i v. - a diar dollar and . fv...
v ay ui 3X.wamiiv treigui i i itu wuio uuufii; icujui i out uuntiauD uj a v -
i as its leading promise. This promise
! hrnnp-ht tn thf nartr that vear the
support opractlcally all of the busi
ness men of the State, regardless of
politics, who were suffering from
these conditions, and gave to them
one of the greatest victories that they
have ever won.
than he would have paid If he had. bold steal of $
transacted business in Lynchburg,
$45,000. Consequently, he is mov
ing his plant out of the city.
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Immediately following their victory
on this pledge, the leaders of the cirinttn wir, p.nghnrn nr
party, instead of carrying out this! nam and Ralelgh could be equally a8
75.000.000 from the those who want to o! f
public treasury. We refer to the bill ith their eyes opn If Mr
passed through the Democratic n can be trusted to carry :.. u
j House to appropriate $75,000,000 a policy which l.e has public:? :,4N
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i nus we see wny LyncnDUrg lO-aay auumonai sum ior reuerai pen- rept-iiu 0
hKS seventy-five thousand people and sions. . conamon under the Clevelatj
dozens of prosperous manufacturing For forty years every Democratic Istration, of low prlcei. tari
plants and thousands of prosperous! politician In this State and the South soup nouses, and panic
laboring men employed therein, when I has denounced the Republican party These are a few of kc Cf t
for taxing the people and robbing more important utiiw-rr.. :.u
the public treasury to buy the Union charges that have been &fi:.r
pledge and giving the people the re-; large in population, equally as active j soldier vote through extravagant and the Democratic party in t;
There is not an intelligent business ef promised, made a deal with the. in industrious enterprises, and equal-j enormous pensions to men who did paign through new 8pai-r
man in Charlotte, Winston, Greens-
It will be remembered that it was Doro, Raleigh, or any other town in
the State that does not know that he
and his customers are being robbed
daily to this extent. The fact Is
known and is a matter of official
record that the receipts of the rail
roads from their business done in
impossible for the Democrats to make
both ends meet under such an incom
petent and extravagant administra
tion, and that when their first big
deficit arose they proceeded to issue
bonds and mortgage future genera
tions to pay them to meet the in-
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corporations 10 permn mem 10 con- ly happy in its large growing popula
tinue their robbery. Therfeore, whenJtion of laboring men. In hsort, to
the Legislature of 1907 met thisday charlotte, Winston, Salisbury,
pledge was absolutely ignored and an J Lexington, Greensboro, Durham, Ra
attempt was made to throw dust in1 leight Wnson, Rocky Mount.Wilming
the eyes of the people by a sham bat-jton and indeed every town in the
tie over passenger rates. But there state, could just as well be doubled
came up such a protest from the far-' in population, industry and wealth,
North Carolina is twenty-three perimers business men, and all other and wouid be if they had rates the
creased expenses of the Government! cent higher than from their business j wealth-producers in the State uponsame as th other towns mentioned
created by their extravagance. When! done in the States to the north andjthe failure to carry out this pledge aDOve in other States have.
the money secured from this first is
sue of bonds was exhausted they at
tempted to mortgage the State and
sell another issue of bonds. Such
bad management, of course, did not
help the credit of the State. No
man can borrow money on favorable
terms who has plainly spent more
than his income. This is what North
Carolina has been doing under Demo
cratic management. Therefore, when
the second issue of bonds was offered
for sale they could not be sold at par.
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not deserve them. This Democratic stump, and to not a bleu! .,; iu
House, hungering for the flesh-pots there yet leen a reply or a:; i;:
of Egypt, recorded as its first act not or a protest. Th onlj
only an endorsement of all the liberal these charge and facts : a
pensions hitherto provided by the Re- fr a Joint discussion or t
publican party for Union soldiers and the issues,
for soldiers who actually fought, but
deliberately passed a bill to appro- SORIK PHILOSOPHY IX Poi.iu,
priate $75,000,000 in addition for There is a certain nt-art
different and additional so-called where the regular IU-jut;i .,:.
Union soldiers who never fired a gun the progressive Uvpuliu .
the south of us, and this is because! tnat 11 Decam necessary for the, Thig explains why it is that the and who were never in a battle, working together in support
the people of North Carolina are not j Democratic leaders to do something ra,inads of this State are collecting! There could have been no purpose in county ticket. That count v.
protected either by the State Railway! to divert the attention of the peo- 23 per cent, or $1,200 annually, on'such an act but to try to buy the lost or won by probably 1
Commission or by our Senators and
Congressmen as" they are in the ad
joining States of Virginia, South Car
olina, Georgia, Tennessee, etc.
This is not only a cruel and crimi
nal burden placed upon our people,
but it is besides not only preventing
manufacturing enterprises from com
ing to our borders, but has actually
pe the same kind and quantity of freight
They had in the past used the cry as compared with the amount being
nigger" successfully to hide sim
of
Presidency for the Democratic party, one hundred votes. The ( U.rr: - .
On top, and In addition to these both committees in that cou.- t) u
collected by the same railroads in ourj pregnant facts, we cannot feel Justl- written former Senator IJutl. r n ;(
fied In falling to call attention to one him to use his good oflic g ir. :
further fact, and that is that the to get a similar arrangers:.: z.xit
ilar broken promises and political sister States and sister towns in oth
rascality. They realized that it er States. Notwithstanding this uni-
was impossible again to hide their ; versal knowledge of this condition, j Democratic machine of this SUte and on the State ticket as tier IM
corrupt bargains with the corpo- our Senators opposed the only propo-j the Democratic national machine con- made in their county.
rations and their treachery to the siton that has ever been before Con- spired to nominate for President a Wo have Just received frcr. ct
people behind that worn-out appeal gress looking to relief from this un-iman thoroughly satisfactory to the of these chairmen a letter cor.iiv.tt
closed up afctories and driven them j to passion and prejudice. This is just discrimination through national
In facing this dilemma, with a! from the State. Our information is when Thomas J. Jarvis and a few of legislation and the instrumentality of
busted treasury, with the credit of
the State discredited, Governor Kitch
in and Senator Simmons and the re
mainder of the Democratic machine
got together and decided to call a
special session of the Legislature in
order to reduce the selling price of
the bonds to meet the discredited
credit of the State, or to do the same
thing by indirection by increasing the
rate of interest from 5 to 6 per cent
to appeal to the cupidity of bond buy
ers. While the State was in this pitiable
and discreditable position before the
world, one of the great trusts of the
country saw an opportunity to get a
mortgage on the Democratic organi
zation, which they thought amounted
to a mortgage on the State perpetual
ly and to buy their peace. There
fore, this trust stepped forward and
offered to buy these bonds at a fig
ure above the market price. This
unholy deal was made which resulted
in the placing of a second mortgage
upon the State by Kitchin in addi
tion to the first mortgage placed by
Simmons and the machine in 1898.
This is why the Kitchin promise of
an honest anti-trust law with teeth
was never carried out, and why the
trust law that was then on the stat
ute books of 1907, which had a few
sound teeth, was repealed and a per
fectly toothless law put in its place.
The Supreme Court of North Carolina
in a recent decision has declared this
to be a fact in a unanimous opinion.
"When the money from this sale
and mortgage of the State -'to the
trusts was exhausted the Democratic
machine again found itself with in
creasing expenses and with a busted
treasury. They realized that they
could not sell another issue of bonds
unless they gave a third mortgage
on the State to the same or some oth
er trusts, and besides, they had begun
to fear the righteous indignation of
the people. This caused them to put
their heads together and work out
new schemes for raising additional
Srevenues from the pockets of the peo
ple to pay the increased salaries and
increased expenses which they had
created as the result of their-extrav-agance
and folly, and also to put
more of their henchmen on the pay-
that no less than nine factories have
left the town of Greensboro on ac
count of these infamous conditions.
While these factories have been able
to leave and escape such ribbery, we
have two millions of people who have
not been able to leave, and who wish
to live and raise their children in
the State as loyal Tar Heels. As a
part of this robbery that is placed
upon these people who are still in
the State and who hope to remain,
namely, the farmers, last year over
$2,000,000 on fertilizers alone was
robbed from these men who create
the wealth that makes this a great
and rich State and a great and rich
country.
These are facts that have repeated
ly been published and have never
been denied. They have been stated
by boards of trade, chambers of com
merce, and merchants' associations
in a dozen different towns in tbo
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State, some of their resolutions hav
ing gone to the extent of denouncing
the Corporation Commission of this
State for not protecting the people
from this robbery and have also de
nounced our Senators and Congress
men for their failure to use their
power in Congress to remedy this
condition where only it can be com
pletely and effectively remedied un
der the interstate commerce act. This
This will continue if we vote to en
dorse it. It cannot be stopped except
at the polls, and that is the only way
to stop it.
rj The Southern Furniture Manufac
turers' Association, assembled in an
nual convention at High Point on the
14th day of last February, appealed
to the Corporation Commission to
Join them in a suit before the Inter
state Commerce Commission against
the railroads for relief against this
iniquitous discrimination, in freight
rates which they said "threaten the
very existence of the furniture indus
try in North Carolina." The Corpo
ration Commission, through its secre
tary, Mr. Maxwell, positively declined
to assist them in their efforts, which
brought from the association assem
bled at High Point on February 14,
1912, a resolution of denunciation of
the Corporation Commission and call
ing upon all good citizens of the State
the other old leaders and railroad at- the Interstate Commerce Commission,
torneys' who had grown gray in their At the same time, it is well known
perfidy and treachery to the people, ' that our Democratic Senators and
conceived the idea of getting the wo-J Congressmen have never exerted anyi
men and the children of the State to honest effort to have our State Cor
appropriate the churches for political poration Commission to perform its
meetings and to hold prayer meet- J part in stopping these abuses, but
ings and crying hullabaloos, to dis- have encouraged them to permit thfs
tract the attention of the people from' robbery to go on.
the perfidy of the Democratic ma- in this connection, and illustrating
chine. This is the origin and true' what the State Corporation Commls
history of the prohibiton campaign sion alone could do to remedy this
of 1908, and also explains why they, notorious and scandalous robbery, we
have not been any more honest in en-! mention the following additional fact
forcing that law than they have been that has occurred and Is occurring
in keeping any other promises they within the boundaries of our State
have made to the people. j and is entirely within the Jurisdiction
These freight rate discriminations of our State government. A sufferer
against our State and our people are from Winston gives this fact that the
too many to enumerate, and are so railroad companies charged the farm
glaring that it would be impossible to er $16 for transferring a car-load of
believe their accuracy were it not ingredients for fertilizer from the de
known to so many people and were pot in Winston-Salem to Spaeh's Sid-
it not being repeated every day and ing, on south side of depot', a distance
every hour. We cite the few follow- of two miles, after the freight has
ing Illustrations: (been paid on this car from Wilming-
A car-load shipment of peas from ton to Winston. This is one instance
Fairfax, S. C, to Greensboro, N. C, of thousands of how our railroads
27c. per 100 pounds; to Richmond, are permitting the Democratic ma
Va., via Greensboro, N. C, 9c. per chine to deal with the people of the
100 pounds. State within Its borders, which Is ex-
A car-load of flour from Louisville, clusively under the control of the
Ky., via Greensboro, N. C, to Lynch- State Legislature and the State Cor
burg, Va., 20c. per barrel; this car 'poration Commission. V
stopped in Greensboro, N. C, 40c. per We are told that the railroad cdiQ
barrel. - j panies in this State have not mate-
A car-load of glucose, principal in- rially changed their rates in .the
gredient used in the manufacture of State for thirty-five years, notwith
candies, shipped from Chicago, 111. J standing the increased amount of
via Roanoke, Va., to Winston-Salem, ! freight and the improved facilities
N. C, freight $430 per car; same car' for handling the same.
diverted from Roanoke, Virginia, to
Lynchburg, Virginia, $220; thereby
making a discrimination against the
Winston manufacturer in favor of the
Lynchburg manufacturer of $210. A
manufacturer in Winston used a car
load of this ingredient every four
days, thereby costing him $52.50 per
day in the way of excessive freight
rates more than the Lynchburg man
ufacturer has to pay.
A car-load of bananas from Jack
sonville, Fla., via Winston, N. C, to
Roanoke, Va., $48; to stop this same
car in Winston, N. C, the freight is
$98.
The rate on molasses from New
Orleans, La., to Greensboro, N. C, ia
This is simply one exhibit as to
one branch of how our great State
industrial life and business has been
mismanaged and looted by the State
Democratic machine.
The record of the Democratic party
at Washington in national affairs,
having the opportunity as they did
during the last Congress with a Dem
ocratic Congress, is equally Incom
petent and disastrous. The Demo
cratic House did not fulfill or attempt
to fulfill in any sincere and intelligent
way a single promise made to the
people. The bill introduced by Sen
ator, Cummins to strengthen the na
tional anti-trust law in the light
of the decisions of the courts in the
Standard Oil Company, Thos. F. Ry- a copy of his reply, from wtirt t
an, to the American Tobacco Com- make the following extract:
pany, the Belmonts and the Roths
childs, and that they succeeded in do
ing this at Baltimore, though they
have attempted to fool the people'
with the statement that a progressive'
was nominated In spite of the trusts'
and money power. It is true that
there was a diversion of sentiment'
among the agents of the various big'
special interests in this country as to '
the Democratic nominee, each one
desiring, if possible, to force the oth-'
ers Into selecting the special man of
their special choice.
Within the last few days, a state
ment has been given out from Demo
cratic headquarters In New York to
the effect that Governor Wilson in
dignantly declined to receive a contri
bution of $12,500 from Cyrus Mc
Cormick, the head of the Harvester
trust. It Is, however, a fact that
while this sum had been used in help
ing to secure his nomination at Bal
timore,, it has since been returned,
but that its place has been filled by
one Cleveland H. Dodge, of New
York, who is the protege and agent
of the Standard Oil interests. Mr.
Dodge is a director In the City Na
tional Bank, that is owned by the
Standard Oil Company, and Is a di
rector and officer in at least twenty
more corporations that are controlled
by Rockefeller and that group of in
terests, and serves on these boards
with Rockefeller as a member of the
same. It is a fact that will not
be denied that this man Cleveland H.
Dodge contributed for himself and
the Interests behind him over $50,
000 to secure the nomination of Mr.
Wilson at Baltimore.
This shows that these interests did
not make terms with Mr. Wilson af-:
w LT nmirted Ut f fCar' Roosevelt on the State and court
but that he was their choice before tickets.
me convention.
7In addition, it should be remem
bered, and it is a matter of record,
that Governor Wilson Immediately
after his nomination declared that
the platform on which he was nomi
nated, containing many beautiful
Platitudes, did not tlnd him or his
Party, and that he would have a "pro
gram" of his own for his administra
U akould further be remembered
"I did everything that I couii
at the Charlotte convent! a to
bring about a result on thf ?tr
and electoral tickets similar to
the arrangements which yo5
have made in your county. I re
gret the intemperat folly of
enough leaders on both to
defeat such a wise, and to ny
mind, patriotic courts. I fear
that it is now too lat to ac
complish anything in this cam
paign. "My information Is. howtr.
that the great mass? of tb
people of our State and of the
whole country are readlnp and
thinking on their own account
as never before, and my Judg
ment Is that the politicians will
hear from the people on the
day of election and will be w!tr
thereafter.
"It may be possible that tie
calamity of another Democratic
national administration will t
forced upon us by Buck un!
action on the part of leaden la
this and enough other Stat to
effect the re?u,lt. If, horr.
we must pass through the -t1'.
of another Cleveland Democratic
administration, we have one con
solation, and that is that pood
will come of evil. Another Derao
ocratic administration In this
country would appeal to tfc
heart and conscience of nor
patriotic people who have In ta
past been voting from sentlnest
and prejudice than would all ts
arguments that you and I asi
every other man in the State asd
county could make."
Don't let any Democrat perecai
you to vote for their Senatorial can
didate, for then they will clala 73
are honor bound to vote tie reit c
the Democratic ticket, or not vote at
all. Save your vote, and yonr hocof.
too. by voting for the Roosevelt elec
tors as well as for the friendi f
A railroad employee in Chic9
gave a month's salary to the WH03
campaign fund. And if hy chase
Wilson should be elected Preside
next Tuesday, some one may have
give this present railroad exnpteJ
several times his present salary
i -f f.nv from atart
&eep mm ana ms laj
ing under the reign of Demo
cratic
free trade, which means cheap lhr'
and often no employment at all.